NAPLES - To break Community School's six-year hold on the Class 1A-District 18 title, the St. John Neumann girls golf team had to go down to the final score Monday.

With their top three counting scores in, the Seahawks and Celtics were tied at Panther Run Golf Club in Ave Maria.

Neumann freshman Haley Bossart shot a back-nine 40 for an 83, and beat out Community School's Claire Bazalgette by five shots to give the Celtics their first title since 2005. The regional tournament is next Monday at Lemon Bay Golf Course in Englewood.

"She's always played good enough, but our other players have just been better," Neumann coach Jeff Jones said. "When it mattered most, though, she came through."

Community School has been more than dominant in the district. The Seahawks have won four straight region titles, and were sixth at the state tournament last year.

"They had a long stretch there," Jones said. "They're a good program and us being able to beat them shows that we're a good program now."

"I'm really excited," said Celtics sophomore Jenna Tuccio, who fired a 69 to win medalist honors. "This is our first district championship, I know in a while. As a team, this just makes it even better. ... I just really hope we can keep pushing forward. We've worked really hard this year."

Tuccio's 69 was a personal best to run away with the individual title by seven strokes over Community School's Alexandria Ramirez. Tuccio had six birdies, and bounced back from her back-nine bogeys with birdies.

"It was incredible," Tuccio said. "It's my lowest score ever. ... I was just draining putts. Everything would fall for me. I was nailing 30-foot putts. I was flag hunting. I was hitting shots three feet from the hole. Everything was just on for my game today."

"I think everybody knows now (how good she is)," Jones said. "She's been rumored to be a good player, but today made it official. I mean, 3-under? The next player is seven shots back in second place. And that's a really good score."

The Celtics, who had the minimum four players, and Seahawks combined to have eight of the top nine individual scores. Neumann freshman Sydney Shrader was fourth with an 81, Bossart fifth with an 83, and senior Samantha Shrader was ninth with a 91.

Canterbury (480) was the third to team to advance, outdistancing Immokalee (512), the only other full team in the district.

Seacrest's Anne-Marie Kuenzle (87), Evangelical Christian's Marisa Lee (94) and Immokalee's Charity Gonzales (113) were the three individuals to advance who were not on qualifying teams.

Defending region individual champion Emma Bradley, a seventh-grader from Seacrest, did not play. Bradley has appeared on only three matches, one short of the mandated minimum, due to playing in non-high school tournaments.